1.      The customs clearance of commercial goods shall be done by a clearing agent trained and certified by the Ethiopian Customs Authority (ECuA) and licensed by the Ministry of Trade and Industry.

2.      The clearing agent should always produce

• A declaration of five copies for the imported item/items;
• Bona-fide/Genuine Invoice
• Insurance certificate;
• Way bill-i.e. airway bill, bill of lading and the like;
• Certificate of Origin;
• Bank Permit to Import the goods;
• Trade, Industry or Investment license/certificate in relation to the goods imported;
• Letter of permit from the concerned authority for restricted goods;
• Clean Report of Findings(CRF) or Non-Negotiable Report of Findings(NNRF) from the Pre-shipment inspection company if the value of the goods is over and above FOB USD2000

3.      The Clearing agent should present these documents to the Face-Vet Officer. The Face-Vet officer shall give back one copy of the declaration as evidence to the declarant if documents are fulfilled. If documents are not fulfilled the declarant shall be requested to fulfill documents;

4.      The face-vet officer shall place ingate number for complete declarations and pass it over to the registry officer;

5.      The registry officer shall register the details in the declaration , produce two copies of ASCUDA declaration one for the declarant to be sent through the pigeon hole the other one to be attached to the presented documents and to be passed over to the examination section;

6.      The examination section shall conduct examination on the shipment and writes its findings on the green declaration to serve as an input to classify the goods and to determine the value;

7.      The Validation and documentary scrutiny/Assessment section shall check the description of the goods on the invoice, the CRF/NNRF and the examination result, the value and determines the classification and values of the goods; then assesses the declaration if there are no doubts and produce assessment notice or query sheet if there are doubts to the declarant through the pigeon hole;

8.      Those declarants who have received assessment notice should proceed to the importer to collect CPO's( Certified cheques) for the amount in the assessment notice, Those who have received query should sow up to customs to produce genuine evidences and resolve the differences;

9.      When CPO's are produced to the Cashier/collector a computer receipt is produced for the clearance of the goods.

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